Interpersonal differentiation within depression diagnosis: Relating interpersonal subgroups to symptom load and the quality of the early therapeutic alliance

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 429-441

  Grosse Holtforth, Martin ^a   Altenstein, David ^a   Krieger, Tobias ^a   Flückiger, Christoph ^a   Wright, Aidan G C ^b   Caspar, Franz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

alliance; depression; interpersonal problems

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONFLICT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901060885     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2013.829253     Document Type: Article

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